The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-25
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uorfssPanaonoa Cpurier.Iou.5S.,5, a''i sDiF
by invitation o. SIM ~. g, .tsniHEo.
h III ! rgcantly aiif5i8a ll5 oliel
i5..lt5t3istaefi ihe great Igs55i (, Win thfs
gslslIlhe tribe, Tho pissa y. n lanes
, w we forty milea -. elected n
4 n! Mountain Of4ek ~ q tilignil
Wa9h1ta river. ma M, ~ tiibutafg
Will 1ust timber en5n,.i 1 Hsa WHllF
s .i5i,,ssI5 !tllu springs 10 BuIipId 4 ahqite
iae h1pWas formerly i5s,.,i glnlllg
Qsii4e enndnliv, but ovsi,.s ,asl palad
81 93l4lllilo, they haye e iAe
UT paat five Vears hil
~ least, q esseutsi y ne
slai5lee, and they ind ~ tne md
silo pa, 800 cash Il Mn w SOC
uaAite' ~ was Just Rnps,,s one
hlllFegi. place Wag 1,aI. I w Mglahgt
gle q tle chiefs, IN s it,.s ont ~
i IN, stAfed Do graee ~, olect
Allea, A Of thiswnrF ~ ~ Z onr .Fatl
W were invited to supnsp - u. uu4e hy n
pflse were seated OH M 1 ,,i sli9 TO 1
ea5 lepqst OF which W 's ,,il..l. y 20 ID
ulsslen n q very degide3i iu ,u our
9tit party could tslk Eio5,ap sanhef =
1 pfogt anlme, and, being wna s, " We N
tsstseA tlrned IN and Wsrs a lfoll 0al
% MaEpheus. We weps a9on 10 III
neSt morning, and aftaT sI ~ ID
4 O. ped and coffee, but ~ iIs Nv br
etg Ks TO take IN the siphfs Vieao
ne encampment oOpsiafeS -
s s.liHilsliged N q circle about1 ~ ~ go
niles i,. ID, circumference w aad
VI silis circle the medicine lods. sle isn
~ was = CIRCLE $50 feat i,sN w N
VIII poles set in the rfnups II n Nlqia
apart ana green brn8h jni t Nv 9ui io'
tiiitg one could not see tbp,a,,n,igi 4gn NJ
centre was Q pole about f1rtl Y "
on which the buffalo biSs ,. leat 10
on fhe west side was pisoss ~ 1, slsp
gtlofsnlp, which WAS fignre y. w id1
sb0ut thirteen inches b;SSs' lfna
hphlevhHt o mummy az leiel
lhe luul was 9 cone-sha5ea sillef
| yum 2 small OPENING Ky q
I LTfolq winch issued eoIl}inSsIi. Na
olhcA sinoke from one side aaS
! from 1he other. How this WV WV y olae
Hteq Is beyond my ken. 01 i wv w
elf3ple was M opening, tbgonlagb W
20 tilIsW ms reHDlendent rss5 lA
ICE iii OF tile IDOL as he lifted bis Ky
sile eastern horizon. Tie AZ Z. rgl
ssitllielIlg. Line dog Indian h M sg I.
1Hut dlsys and nights without fnob
ne Dllllalq dancers come nefi ~ ~
gI!aiIlliile. Iheg dance four dsvs a,.s
A We i Sleep but are allowed lo a
~ ~ WAtsF occasionally IN engJi osl,
Ihsgi Il Ialthtul, are honored 4, wv
iaptItt. Inc, dog soldiers hed w.. W.
III titi - 1iaAs Wtleil We arrived, but III,
tits We sllaugh Tor us. They dspesi
l.sIlsi h5leeI exhaustion, they genl5 Nh
hi ~. ", nllsh they would be esgebl
~ ~ NJ ellIee st9IWaTt bucks and 49,
4ie w " Wei sand and mud mi WHY
gllaI tney returned to conseionsSs,i
atusS HNtilu 9Ealn participate IA f6sSs
any ~ one Of tue tribe that ielf ysi'.
5ie ~, fsll'l tllaE they would provo II
S.,lllSi sltteF the Glance, sansBs eiesn,
, 49, my ny showed TO enter Inc mqdisHl
tiilsl y were dressed q Ia MODE. mi
We we're treated az their anna. III IA W
wore clad in RaCkelotb ami sel,ss Xxx
themselves into hizh sfafe Nv W.! wv
singing, praying and daneihg "
them would be crazy fol hoiIFs n "
revived in our minds ihe MIN w
olden times. Al0i' A'q
On the evening Of the foprgb d,v a.
arrival Ii-mu-da. the medicine c6isf5
that the Great Spirit w0fe 4 Fpiile y,
dance that had lasted 24O oonggeah,s
was brought 10 a close, the bs1{IBs
tonl-t0mB having never ceased J65s
entlEe performance. Then the doaN
the Great Spirit began, butaB o9Tt
UNITED we did not stay 10 see the 61sI
there, are Thousands Of dollars gorib
slaWls, blankets, m9ocaains, r5b,s
deposited ~ q pile to decay.